Cancer treatment center coming to Clifton Park

Cancer treatment center in Clifton Park will be off Northway

Published 6:12 pm, Tuesday, March 11, 2014

An artist's rendering depicts a new $20 million cancer treatment center planned for Clifton Park.

An artist's rendering depicts a new $20 million cancer treatment center planned for Clifton Park.

Cancer treatment center coming to Clifton Park

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Construction of a new $20 million cancer treatment center is expected to start this spring in southern Saratoga County, New York Oncology Hematology announced Tuesday.

The 28,000-square-foot center should be finished within a year, which will allow the practice to close an existing office in Latham and transfer its patients to the new facility at Crossing Boulevard and Sitterly Road in Clifton Park.

The new center would be across the Adirondack Northway from the recently opened Ellis Medicine urgent care facility, also on Sitterly Road.

Said Nini Wu, president of New York Oncology Hematology: "In response to our existing patients as well as expected population growth, we recognized the need for a comprehensive cancer care (center) in Clifton Park and are pleased to make our physicians, drug trials and genetic expertise more convenient for residents of southern Saratoga County."

The new center will provide both radiation oncology and medical oncology, including a Varian True Beam linear accelerator, mobile PET pad and GE lightspeed CT simulator. This technology works together to more precisely define the size, shape, location and treatment of tumors in real time.

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The practice, which says it is the region's largest cancer care provider, now includes 36 physicians and more than 300 oncology professionals, and more hiring is anticipated as a result of the expansion, said Wu. Other recent expansions include a $3 million renovation of its Amsterdam Cancer Center and $2 million in new equipment for its Albany Cancer Center.

The physician-owned practice, which opened its first office in Amsterdam in 1986, runs seven offices, including two in Albany (Patroon Creek and Albany Medical Center), Amsterdam, Troy, Rexford and Hudson, and a Latham office at 1003 Loudon Road that will be moved to the new Clifton Park site when it opens.

U.S. Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-Amsterdam, called the expansion "a significant investment – not just in terms of economic development – but in the quality of our health care system. We applaud NYOH for bringing world-class cancer care to New York state's fastest growing county."

Columbia Development is the developer of the NYOH project and BBL Construction Services is handling the design and construction.